The maximum security prison would be located in the desert, north of Copiapó, in the Atacama region, next to another detention facility, Matthei pointed out. ”We are going to have some prisons ...

The Atacama is the driest nonpolar desert in the world ... terrain and striking geological formations have made it a prime location for scientists and filmmakers alike. NASA has even tested ...

When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North ...

Tierra Atacama just reopened in the Chilean high-altitude desert. Travel + Leisure was the first to stay—read our full review ...

The Atacama Desert, located along Chile’s Pacific coast, is known as one of the driest places on Earth. In some parts of the desert, weather stations have reported no measurable rain for several ...

On the arid and seemingly sterile surface of the Atacama Desert lies an invaluable treasure of history ... which are over a thousand years old and located south of Iquique in the Tarapacá Region, ...

It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy. The telescope is located on Armazones Hill, about 3,050 meters (10,000 feet ...

The ELT is being built on top of Cerro Armazones in the Atacama Desert located in northern Chile. The roughly 10,000-foot-tall (3,000-meter) mountain is part of the Andes. When completed ...

But it is in that very location that both authorized and illegal ... Luis Pérez Reyes The Atacama Desert receives rain only a few times a year. The intense sun and harsh conditions make plant ...

This facility is also located in the Atacama Desert. Both facilities are targeting first light before the end of this decade, but this will depend on funding and how smoothly construction proceeds.

The hotel’s location a few minutes away from the center ... a 28-room lodge in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert. The property just received a year-long, $20-million refresh, which revamped ...